University of Hamburg Mineralogical Museum of the University of Hamburg
Mineral name
 
Ernstite
Ernstite holotype
Hölzel-No.
 
8.BE.320
Type of specimen
 
HT
IMA-No. / Accepted
 
1970-012
Chemical formula
 
(Mn2+,Fe3+)Al[(OH,O)2|PO4]·H2O
Type locality
 
Namibia, Karibib District, Erongo Mountains, Farm Davib-Ost near Karibib
Associated minerals
 
Apatite
Collection
 
Mineralogische Sammlungen - Technische Universität Berlin
Contact person
 
Dr. Robert Johannes Giebel
Catalogue−No. / Site
 
92/53 / 35-2a
Nature of 
type specimen

 
Radiating crystals up to 13 mm in an apatite crust
References

Ernstit, ein neues Mn2+-Fe3+-Al-Phosphat und seine Beziehungen zum Eosphorit.
Seeliger, E. und Mücke, A. (1970)
N. Jb. Miner. Mh., 289-298
Notes / Further information

Collected about 1955 by Mr. Reddehase during lithium prospection for the Metallgesellschaft AG Frankfurt; named in honour of Prof. Th. Ernst, mineralogist at the University of Erlangen.
Last update 27. April 2022 by A. Matthies Imprint (german)